The defendant was connected to Samuel Bateman, the self-proclaimed leader of a religious sect who is now serving a prison sentence.

A panel of visual journalists said establishing trust with the subject of a story is crucial in Indigenous communities.

Funds raised at the event will support Hope Rising, a Christian recovery home for survivors of sex trafficking located in ...

PHOENIX — Seven Arizonans pleaded guilty in a drug trafficking case on Thursday, authorities said. They pleaded guilty last week of violating federal narcotics and money laundering laws, according to ...

A Lee Enterprises investigation found most states fail to protect vulnerable women and few law enforcement agencies punish the owners of the businesses, let alone go after their support networks.

Here’s how the Lee Enterprises Public Service team did a first-of-its-kind analysis of states’ efforts to protect women who are subject to sex trafficking at illicit massage parlors.

Torrance Bistline, the last follower of self-proclaimed FLDS prophet Samuel Bateman, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for ...

A California sex trafficking bill, AB 379, draws controversy among some local officials.

LaDell Bistline had the girls and women. Torrance Bistline had the money,” federal prosecutor Dimitra Sampson said of two of ...

An ASU social work professor was arrested for allegedly trying to meet with an undercover officer posing as a minor, facing ...

ASU associate professor Shiyou Wu is charged with child sex trafficking and luring a minor for sexual exploitation.